A new report has delivered 35 recommendations to try to improve–and ensure–the safety of migrant farm workers in Ontario. Among other things, the report, released Tuesday by Reuven Jhirad, the province’s deputy chief coroner, calls for improved access to health… »
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Pandemic exposes digital divide between office and field workers: study
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted and transformed the workplace for millions of Canadians but has also exposed a digital divide between office workers and field workers whose jobs cannot be performed remotely, a new study has found. The… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Canada ready to provide India with supplies and $10M to fight COVID-19 surge
Canadian officials are in talks with their Indian counterparts about how Canada can best help India as it battles a grim surge of coronavirus infections that have overwhelmed the country’s healthcare system, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. “We’ve all… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Live data sharing portal tracks COVID-19 genome
The publicly-funded Genome Canada has launched a new national portal to enable real-time data sharing of the COVID-19 genome sequences. This will collect and provide critical information to help manage the current and future pandemics. This information is used to… »
Canadian military to deploy in Ontario hospitals to help with COVID-19 surge
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will deploy up to three medical teams and nine critical care nurses to Ontario to support hospitals overwhelmed by a surge of COVID-19 patients and running desperately short of qualified medical staff, Prime Minister Justin… »
Expanded unique habitat provides services, protects wildlife
In the province of Ontario, over 500 hectares have been purchased and added to the Carden Alvar conservation area which provides important ecological services and a home for several species at risk. The area, 125 km northeast of Toronto, is… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Repeated head impacts in hockey found to impair brain
An ongoing study of young hockey players has found that younger boys suffered more functional brain impairments from head impacts even when the injuries were not diagnosed as concussions. Children, especially boys, often start playing hockey at a young age… »
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Canadians increasingly upbeat about AstraZeneca vaccine, poll finds
Despite some earlier vaccine rollout hiccups and a handful of reports of potentially fatal blood clotting side effects, the Canadians’ confidence in the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has grown over recent weeks, according to a new Angus Reid Institute poll. Among Canadians… »
Canada’s opposition leaders support helping India amid surge of COVID-19 cases
The leaders of the Conservative Party of Canada and the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) are in favour of supporting India by sending personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies as the country deals with a rising number of new… »
Dockworkers’ strike at Port of Montreal imperils supply chains across Canada
An open-ended strike by more than 1,000 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has shut down operations at Canada’s second-largest port, threatening major disruptions to supply chains of thousands of businesses across the country. The dockworkers, who have been without… »
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